The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-16
A BED OF THORNS.
leslie Handicapped by Prejudice but
he will Triumph In the End.
Division and other Matters gathered
at the Capitol.

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upon every otnef s'o3e'' i4u's
cept tha' oa Iroc'or h''',, 'ne plese
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TO communicate ana WHEN l nieh.i
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shouio ASK MN SUCH a aue.'oh upon
suci al oe'ao'' ou' INV .
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sza.;th C;.r of .ho Ir,soltod 600 y ond
hova aln,a,.s des;rea 10 900 the man
Knou,nn hot Iesl;s was acoua;nted
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mhot kind ~ a mon Knott was in an.
na,ranoo ond hor.cter;stics This de.
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g.. A.. nonor uord /, boord of Knott.
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n.-s-I-e -. :, ,,no;ntn,ant Gov
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.o;ntn.ontu -o. m,do T nod M more idea
- .o,n;,a - .rorto,o .bor / had of
ho,ou,;nn covo,nor Of Touis;aua T was
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n.;a.,sam - ,,.u ~ Nau, yorL nm.
slA'.aaJ H., ~ p.o.,do.t ,r,s woI,
N,assos II a..
spoken of me even by those politically
a~ntagonistic Judge Harlan of Ken.
lucky for instance, made a personal
appeal in my behalf to the President
and worked unremittingIy to secure me
a position. Judge Harlan ran against me
for Governor of Kentucky in 10Y The
Senate had then under consideration the
confirmation of a Judge in Arizona and
I was assured the place if the Senate
refused to confirm him Soon after Gov,
Houser resigned and the President at
once offered me his position. I was sur
prised and upon the urgent demands of
A BECK AND OTHERS
decided to accept the position, which
was given me two hours afterwards.
This is why l am in Montana" The
Governor is a democrat of the J~acksonian
type. He believes that the people when
they elected Grover Cleveland, desired
that democrats should be placed in office
as soon as it could safely be done. OF
Henry Watterson Governor Leslie spoke
.-.hn hinhest terms of praise, com
menaing MIN as a bright, brilliant
man wbo oocomn.,;.d mo tho
Governor found. a gentleman to whom
he was pleased to converse upon the
history of the South. Said the Governor
to the Doctor "When a man substitutes
falsehood for truth then does he fall.
) was urged at the beginning of the wal
to run for Congress, and l for twenty
days became a candidate but when ]
f learned hat | should be required to take
the iron-clad oath, l refused to longer
allow my name to be used as a candidate
for the office. l was born and raised in
!. the South, my interests and property
were there, and a SOD was in the Confed.
crate army. l believe the cause to be
, right and prayerfully wished that il
j, might succeed. With its success I ak.
pected 70 succeed, with It's downfall i
= "i'''eu W ian. ny .heSe quoa1lohs no"
= n ''nots 'a'k we WISH 10 shoN
= 'ne apoareh' inmate mohesty Oh the oio
. s"' WHO unlike many othei
"neh 1ie oauSe war ''s'' re'er-iike
DENIED THEIR MASTER
and His cause. The Gov.r,or ia not ~,
reconstructed or a man who il conoh,a -
y broodino over tn. nast He los oooon.o,
the eneyitable with good grace and tbos,
who think thew ace batween 4l,o ,;nos .
NV comments a ferv old fash;o,o,
;, soutbern gentleman tn whom tbe me,
ment;on of the awabu 10 lilo tho rod ro
, tn the enraped bu,, arc GREATLY n,;stoLor
e The Governor is a Massive. oniet. we'll
bred gentleman. who rises early an,
4 reads with interest. excent when inter
:, rupted. the laws of Montana that h
:. NAV ooverp our peon,e ;ntslI;oent,v on
q Justly. Althouph coming here IN snccee